Matt Lauer Presses Obama from the Left on 'Today' |
| Published: July 9, 2008, 12:04 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, iraq, barack obama, matt lauer, nbc, today, video |
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A seemingly worried Matt Lauer hit Barack Obama from the left as the "Today" co-host warned the Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday's "Today," that "people" were "nervous" about any perceived shift to the center on his part. First up Lauer recited, to Obama, liberal New York Times columnist Bob Herbert's fears that the Illinois Senator was, "lurching to the right."LAUER: Let me read you what Bob Herbert said or wrote in the New York Times, on Tuesday. He said this, quote, "Senator Obama is not just tacking gently toward the center. He's lurching right when it suits him, he's zigging with the kind of reckless abandon that's guaranteed to cause disillusion, if not whiplash." Then Lauer pushed Obama, from the left, on Iraq: LAUER: And on Iraq when, when throughout the primaries you did talk about this, this idea of getting U.S. troops out within 16 months of being elected and now you say, "Look I'll talk to [ Full article ] |
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